IV. Genus Haematopota Meigen, 1803

1803. Haematopota Meigen, Magazin Insekt Kude, 2: 67.

Type species: Tabanus pluvialis Linnaeus, 1758 .

Diagnosis: Generally small and slender flies of brownish to blackish grey in colour; eyes with several wavy bands in live condition; frons with velvety black spot on each side above the frontal callus and often a mid-frontal spot above these; picture wing pattern i.e. dark wing with pattern of pale spots; mid tibiae and hind tibiae often with pale rings.